Sony launches Xperia Tablet Z: ‘2013 will be the year of the Android tablet’

Tech giant Sony is stepping up competition in the tablet computer market in a big way in 2013 and has revealed what it claims is the world’s slimmest tablet yet, the Xperia Tablet Z. The waterproof tablet is being tabled as a companion device to the Xperia Z smartphone and part of a new NFC ecosystem Sony is creating for the digital lifestyle.

The device was unveiled this morning in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress.